Investing in health workers: a retrospective cost analysis of a cohort of return-of-service bursary recipients in Southern Africa
RoS schemes in these countries have loss of return on investment due to poor monitoring. The schemes are costly, ineffective and have never been evaluated. There are poor mechanisms for identifying beneficiaries who exit their contracts prematurely and inadequate debt recovery processes.
Authors
- Andrea Durbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-0899)
- Sibusiso C. Nomatshila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-0707)
- Blake J. Angell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7188-7740)
- Rohina Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3374-401X)
- Wezile Chitha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-924X)
- Hawor Phiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-4118)
- Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9458-3742)
- Mahlane Phalane
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- George Institute for Global Health (IN)
- Walter Sisulu University (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013740
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Heart Foundation
- University of New South Wales
- National Health and Medical Research Council